Features & Videos

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

UK-based ScaffFloat has delivered and deployed a customised pontoon system to a client in Tanzania for maintaining a 1km long jetty.

15th October 2025

WATCH: ScaffFloat deploys pontoon project in Tanzania

15th October 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK vessel designer and builder Griffon Marine has opened its offering to a range of new vessels after 60 years in business.

9th October 2025

Hovercraft firm changes tack to add new vessel ranges

9th October 2025

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

From 12MWh ferry systems to a future with containerised power, AYK Energy says it’s leading the world with its fast, safe, cost-effective marine batteries. Maritime Journal spoke to founder Chris Kruger about the company’s…

24th September 2025

AYK Energy: Pioneering the electric revolution

24th September 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Denmark’s order of 32 coastal radars shows Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) is shifting beyond safety as global tensions rise and shipping faces increasing risks.

24th September 2025

Denmark orders 32 coastal radars as global tensions rise

24th September 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Could hydrogen as a marine fuel be launched in workboats? That’s the belief of a consortium of companies that met in London during International Shipping Week.

23rd September 2025

FEATURE: Workboats first in line for hydrogen propulsion?

23rd September 2025

OPINION

OPINION

With carbon penalties looming, there’s a lot of work going on to find alternatives to diesel, which still has no real competitor when it comes to cost, availability or performance.

17th September 2025

Is the maritime industry ready for the hydrogen era?

17th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The world’s largest offshore structures will be able to board Allseas’ new vessel when it’s delivered – expanding heavy-lift and towing capacity for offshore industry.

17th September 2025

Allseas launches ‘Grand Tour’ for offshore giants

17th September 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

After a grounding last September nearly ended her useful life, a half-century-old vessel has been showcased after setting sail for a new career. Our reporter Peter Barker paid her a visit.

10th September 2025

Saved from the scrapyard: 50-year-old Mary Rose saviour

10th September 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Reliability at sea: How DMT Marine Equipment delivers more than high-quality deck equipment. A comprehensive After-Sales approach inside a company dedicated to customer success.

3rd September 2025

Video interview: How quality aftersales services drive DMT’s success

3rd September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation.

28th August 2025

Plans agreed to make world’s biggest OSW farm even bigger

28th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Two Southampton-based companies have trialled an electric vessel for a marine civil engineering project in one of the UK’s busiest ports.

22nd August 2025

VIDEO: Autonomous, electric cargo delivery

22nd August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The Service Operation Vessel (SOV) market is going through a period of rapid expansion driven by two main factors: a growing demand for wind-specific offshore support and more commercial opportunities in the…

21st August 2025

OPINION: Can the growing SOV fleet meet demand?

21st August 2025

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The European Tugowners Association is calling for change, urging leaders to help defend its industry against Asian competition and inflate the status of its vessels.

18th August 2025

European Tugowners call for change

18th August 2025

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The tide of batteries flowing through the maritime industry is lapping at the hulls of all kinds of vessels, from tiny RIBs to container ships.

14th August 2025

Deep dive: Battery tugs – feasible or ‘crazy’?

14th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Across Europe’s maritime sector, operational agencies are rethinking the way they specify and deploy high-performance rigid inflatable boats (RIBs).

13th August 2025

Multi-role vessels: Shift in requirements for marine agency craft

13th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

State-sponsored Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) were initially seen as an expensive luxury, often lying seemingly idle at anchor for long periods. But times and attitudes are changing, reports Peter Barker.

13th August 2025

Governments expand ETV tasks for safety and value

13th August 2025

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Swiss battery maker Leclanché says its marine batteries are difficult to compete with, whether in performance, sourcing or recycling. In the third of our series of interviews with battery makers, we talk…

5th August 2025

INTERVIEW: Leclanché powers up for marine battery boom

5th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US Trump Administration has effectively ended any preferential treatment for what it calls unreliable subsidy-dependent renewables - namely wind and solar energy.

31st July 2025

Trump vetoes “unreliable” and “foreign” energy

31st July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Caterpillar engine dealer Finning UK & Ireland is pushing its temporary shore power solutions to provide power to harbour boats and address port emissions by berthed vessels.

31st July 2025

Finning offers fast fix for port power insufficiencies

31st July 2025

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Crew fatigue, poor watchkeeping and underused navigational tech are contributing to serious – and avoidable – accidents at sea, a recent UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report warns.

28th July 2025

Fatigue, collisions and understaffed crews – MAIB report

28th July 2025